The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-19
tbs CAPUcHlN BROTHERS.
Vhcfr Quoor Ornaments orado Of Huinai
n"nes-Nkclotna OF ~ Dead brother.

"''' Su'or "TfNIlichtS HALO CT human
b"nes-Nkclotp OF II Dead brother.
Tho C,tpuchin brother, a:tircI ia his
long habit Of coarse brown fIia.", his
waist oncircl"I ty a l,cml~n rol lis
~stoclinSlca5 feet bound il sandals, hiauu-
trimmed heard ANA shorn hcad bare, cx-
ceps for q diminutivc scull cap. is a
familiar sight on the streets in Rome,
which no patiently tr.vcrscs, CARRYING an
3,rthcn pitcher rs 4 receptacle, while he
bcGs aims from house to house.
There is q peculiarly stolid expression
Oh tho faces OF .hcac men, AZ though
everything human, or, ut ell events.
everything bordering Oh the highest attri-
buta OF humanity, had been stamped out
OF thei- nature, leaving y mere machine
az uawasncd ono at that.
The Church OF tho Fraternity is in the
piazza of tho same namc, in the imnlc-
diate vicinity OF tho Piazza B~ar!crini. II
was founded by Cardinal Barbcrini,
brother Of Pope Urban VIII, in 162t-
saShe cardinal who was tho friend OF
hilton when he visited tho Eternal CITY
In 1893. The church contains tho tomb
OK the founder and many remarkable
treasures of art, including tho nagnin-
cent painting by Gxido, representing
Michael the Archangcl trampliug the
doT1l-tho latter a portrait Of Pope limo
coTs *, for whom the painter seems to
h2vo had en- invcteratc hatred.
Passing through the church q few stcrs
to tho right will lead you to as CHASTITY
and ut tho same time rs grotcsqucly l.or-
rible u spectacle as tho most morbid
fearchcr after flesh creeping experiences
q possibly desire. 4 series Of four
connected small apartments, tho floors
q which are mado OF earth, said
81 have been carried from Jc-us,-
hem, contain tho horrors speak
q. Tho wall and ceiling arc liber-
ally decorated with ornamental devices
constructed by cunning workmcn out Of
human bones. Tho bones 81 the ,crtl
bra, wrists and ankles are arranged so rs
e, describe circles and curves. These
figures aro intcrsrHrsed here and there
with SKULLS, fcnlurs and humorous, tibias,
iau!aS, ulnas and radius.
Tho same hOrrid ornaments arc ar
ranged around the person Of q deceased
hrother, who appears SUSPENDED against
the middle OF u wall, incasel III the
c.,srso brown cloth, the garment he lived,
eksi md was buried in. The dried skin
GinStnG u the face Of the skeleton grins
In horrth.o 'a"cScry az the living brother,
HS7 -. c'fIb'i''l Ill ING uCSn, con-
ducts you around his decorated charncl
house. lia looks as though he chacklcd
over tho fact OF having been released
from tho grave below to sivo place to Q
brother moro recently Lccunct. for it Is
clo ru!o Of tho fratcr:i.y-who ore COM
IHllcd TO make q email burial ground
moet tho requirements Of the order
whom q death takes place to dig UP the
longest Inferred to mako room for his
successor.
There Is n quality in tho Garth m
Iloyed that has tho effect of preventing
decay OF tho body, drying it up in
mummy fashion. and preserving tho hair,
presenting q far moro horrible effect than
Il bleachc1 bones wero presented to
Wow.
Thore Ia a weird uncanniness about
this strange mixture II tho living and
dead, h lattor Invested OF solcmnity by
environment OK ornamental ~osteologv,
whilo the cir Of tho survivor seems toned
down to an unnatural sopulchraIncss-a
sort OF half way condition between lifo
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